David Arnold was most recently the VP of IT for Blue Shield of California from 2006 to May 2013. He was a corporate officer over legacy transformation and lead negotiator on large (>$300MM) contracts. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Arnold was the CIO of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company subsidiary, AgriBusiness. Previously, from 1984 to 2000, Mr. Arnold held various roles at EDS (now HP) where he led EDS’s IT outsourcing contracts.

Professor Miranker arrived at the University of Texas in 1986 after completing his Ph.D. in Computer Science at Columbia University and his B.S. in Mathematics at MIT. Professor Miranker’s current work concerns applying the Semantic Web to solving relational data integration problems. Particular projects span SPARQL execution on relational databases and data mining methods that automate data integration.

Juan is a Ph.D graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and a NSF Graduate Research Fellow. Juan regularly gives talks at semantic related conferences such as the International Semantic Web Conference and Semantic Technology Conference. Juan is an invited expert at the W3C and member of the RDB2RDF Working Group. Juan has been an invited researcher at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.

Darren was most recently the Dir. of Connectivity for St Jude Medical from 2005 to December 2013. He previously held senior positions in both marketing and sales for Siemens Medical Health Solutions Division. Mr Selsky also held the prestigious position of Fellow, Hospital Administration at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Mr. Selsky received both his Masters and Bachelor degrees from Temple University.